BIM ROCHESTER I This is the story of Bim Rochester's first Odyssey.

It is a story that has Bim himself for the only proof of its veracity, but he has never, by a shadow of a word, faltered in his account of it, and has remained so unamazed at some of the strange aspects in it that it seems almost an impertinence that we ourselves should show any wonder.

Benjamin (Bim) Rochester was probably the happiest little boy in March Square, and he was happy in spite of quite a number of disadvantages.
A word about the Rochester family is here necessary.

They inhabited the largest house in March Square--the large grey one at the corner by Lent Street--and yet it could not be said to be large enough for them.

Mrs.
Rochester was a black-haired woman with flaming cheeks and a most untidy appearance.